Liberal law professor punches back at Obama for claiming Flynn dismissal puts 'the rule of law at risk'
by News Kick3 hours ago in News
Constitutional scholar Jonathan
Turley hit back at former President Barack Obama on Saturday over his
assertion that the "rule of law is at risk" after the Department of
Justice dropped all charges against Michael Flynn.
Obama said on Friday, Yahoo News reported:
The news over the last 24 hours I
think has been somewhat downplayed — about the Justice Department
dropping charges against Michael Flynn.
And the fact that there
is no precedent that anybody can find for someone who has been charged
with perjury just getting off scot-free. That's the kind of stuff where
you begin to get worried that basic — not just institutional norms — but
our basic understanding of rule of law is at risk. And when you start
moving in those directions, it can accelerate pretty quickly as we've
seen in other places.
According to Turley, a self-avowed liberal, Obama's comments reveal how personally invested he was in the Flynn case.
"It is a curious statement. First and foremost, Flynn was not charged with perjury," Turley began.
"Second, we now know Obama
discussed charging Flynn under the Logan Act which has never been used
successfully to convict anyone and is flagrantly unconstitutional," he
continued. "Third, this reaffirms reports that Obama was personally
invested in this effort."
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